Heavy Snow in Pennington Plains, South Dakota

Heavy Snow March 18, 2002 · Pennington Plains, South Dakota

The wider storm

An upper level disturbance moved out of the Rockies and across the adjacent plains. This spread light snow over much of western South Dakota. Locally heavy snowfall occurred over extreme Southwestern South Dakota. Six to 8 inches were reported over the eastern portions of Custer, Pennington, and Fall River Counties, with the heaviest snow was 11 inches near Oelrichs in Fall River County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5286279. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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